Leaf from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)
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Heading: (Printed leaf)
Author: Schedel, Hartmann
Title: Leaf from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)
Place Published: Nuremberg, Germany
Publisher:Koberger, Anton
Date Published: 1493
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Author: Schedel, Hartmann
Title: Leaf from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)
Place Published: Nuremberg, Germany
Publisher:Koberger, Anton
Date Published: 1493
Description:
38 lines of text in black ink. Illustrated with two woodcuts of regalia, by Michael Wolgemut. 25.3x38.4 cm (10x15"). Framed under plexiglass.
Folio XVIII, recto: Of the Tower of Babel or Babylonia. Single leaf from the Nuremberg Chronicle, probably the most famous of illustrated incunabula. The woodcuts were commissioned from Michael Wolgemut and his shop (which included the young Albrecht Durer).
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Near fine. Not examined out of frame.
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Leaf from the Liber Chronicarum (Nuremberg Chronicle)
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